Versor Investments LP Sells 4,875 Shares of Diodes Incorporated $DIOD

Versor Investments LP reduced its holdings in Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIODFree Report) by 33.9% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 9,525 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 4,875 shares during the period. Versor Investments LP’s holdings in Diodes were worth $470,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in DIOD. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Diodes by 12.4% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 6,028 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $260,000 after purchasing an additional 663 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its holdings in Diodes by 4.6% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 27,148 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,172,000 after purchasing an additional 1,186 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in Diodes by 13.8% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 391,005 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $16,880,000 after purchasing an additional 47,500 shares in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP bought a new stake in shares of Diodes during the first quarter valued at approximately $559,000. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its holdings in shares of Diodes by 6.8% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 104,719 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,521,000 after acquiring an additional 6,708 shares in the last quarter. 99.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Diodes Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of Diodes stock opened at $103.65 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $83.03 and a 200 day simple moving average of $64.90. Diodes Incorporated has a 12-month low of $42.28 and a 12-month high of $117.80. The company has a market capitalization of $4.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 56.33 and a beta of 1.93. The company has a current ratio of 3.17, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

Diodes (NASDAQ:DIODGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The semiconductor company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.08. Diodes had a return on equity of 3.48% and a net margin of 5.50%.The business had revenue of $405.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $396.33 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.19 earnings per share. Diodes’s revenue was up 22.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Diodes Incorporated will post 2.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Diodes

In related news, SVP Andy Tsong sold 2,652 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $291,720.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 49,752 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,472,720. This represents a 5.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Brett R. Whitmire sold 16,556 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.34, for a total value of $1,710,897.04. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 44,632 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,612,270.88. This trade represents a 27.06% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 136,611 shares of company stock valued at $10,199,935 in the last three months. Insiders own 1.70% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on DIOD shares. Robert W. Baird set a $120.00 price objective on Diodes in a report on Friday, May 8th. Benchmark boosted their price objective on Diodes from $62.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Diodes from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Zacks Research upgraded Diodes from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Diodes from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Diodes presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $113.00.

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About Diodes

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Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ: DIOD) is a global manufacturer and supplier of high‐performance discrete, logic, analog and mixed‐signal semiconductor products. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company designs and develops a broad range of discrete components, standard logic functions, power management circuits, interface products and array products. Its portfolio includes rectifiers, MOSFETs, general‐purpose diodes, voltage regulators, comparators, buffers and other building blocks for electronic systems.

Diodes Incorporated serves a variety of end markets such as automotive, computing, communications, consumer electronics, industrial and lighting.

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